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West Coast Ports -update on contract negotiations:

7/8/2014

 
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Contacts: Wade Gates, PMA, (415) 591-4080, pmanews@bm.com

Craig Merrilees, ILWU, (415) 775-0533, ext. 113 (o), (510) 774-5325 (c)


PMA and ILWU Continue Talks on a New Labor Agreement as the Existing Contract Expires

SAN FRANCISCO (July 1, 2014) – Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000

dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will continue to move forward as the existing, six-year coast-wide

labor agreement expires today at 5 p.m. PST.

While there will be no contract extension, cargo will keep moving, and normal operations will continue

at the ports until an agreement can be reached between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the

International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU).

Both sides understand the strategic importance of the ports to the local, regional and US economies,

and are mindful of the need to finalize a new coast-wide contract as soon as possible to ensure

continuing confidence in the West Coast ports and avoid any disruption to the jobs and commerce they

support.

The coast-wide labor contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines

represented by the PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West

Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.

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